Moods and Emotions

This will be a post that is a little off the beaten track. I just need to put some of this down. I have been depressed (and yes, I do know that previously I have defined that as having a little pity party)! It seems it hits me ever so often and I can't seem to put my finger on what brings it. I THINK it is because of being physically tired. BUT I am not unaware of the fact that there could be some spiritual warfare going on.

I know that we had so many on the bus for the past two Sundays that it was hard to focus on anything except trying to keep a handle on the little problems that crept up in different areas.

I had one girl say that she wasn't riding the bus anymore because of Mrs. Cozart! I had asked her to let me take her radio and keep it for her until we got back home. She was not happy with that. I have kids that will bring their CD players and Ipods on the bus. Occasionally they bring their Gameboy. I have struggled with this. I understand that the trip is long for those who get on first. I applaud them for coming faithfully even though they have to get on early and ride a long time and usually they are the ones that get off last. So, I don't try to make a big deal out of the extra things they bring. But, now I wish I had because it could really get out of hand.

I hate it when I get in these moods. It is hard to focus on the good things that happened and there certainly were good things that happened Sunday.......not the fussing, not the pizza and soda all over the floor, not the lost articles and not the loudness but the salvation of one and the faithfulness of those that continue!

In the same line of reasoning, I hate it when I get those phone calls about putting our business in the online Yellow Pages!!! The reason I hate it is because I was hoodwinked one other time....or maybe twice. They verify your information on your FREE listing. Of course you can get an upgraded listing for $39.95 per month. WHO NEEDS IT!!!!! We have a website!! This is the trick. They verify all your information while recording your response. You get the free upgrade for the first three months. If you do not call and cancel it they just begin to charge your phone bill. You have to call and cancel it and when you do, they play you back your authorization to get the upgrade! I am sure that I may misunderstand somewhere but this one thing I do know.....WE DO NOT NEED ANYTHING ELSE ON THE INTERNET!!!!! Much less something we have to pay for!!!

A man from "YP.com" called this morning and he would not take NO for an answer. I even hung up on him and he called back so I went along with it but when we recorded the information, I made sure that I said ON THE RECORDING that I DID NOT want and upgrade and DID NOT want to have to call back to cancel it. He finally, after about 20 minutes gave up. I hate to take that much time for something like that. I also hate to have to be so firm with anyone. That is not me at all, on a regular day but when that dark cloud moves in.....hey, I guess I can get a little tougher if need be.

Well, enough of my rants I guess. Do I feel better.....yes, I think I do.....the sun is shining!!!!!

James 1:2-5
"My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptatons; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing."

When I Can Read My Title Clear

Don't ask me about that title! I have no idea. It just came to me after much thinking.

To be honest, I am so tired I could drop right off the face of the planet if I tried. But so much went on this weekend that was a blessing.

On Saturday, I got to have a friend and her 4th grade son go on visitation with me. She kept great records and guessed exactly how many we would have on the bus the next morning. The total was the same as last Sunday at 53! We had two boys on that had not ridden in a long time but no FIRST first-timers.

I have come to the conclusion that I need some other adult workers on the bus with me. I need some dedicated people that love children that can assess the situation and help keep people in seats and children ministered to. Fifty is quite a number to handle and I feel very inadequate.

Church services were great! We had 496 in Sunday School and had 12 people saved including one of the 11 year old girls on my bus.

It was Pack A Pew Sunday and that was very successful. It was exciting to see the young christians getting excited and inviting their friends.

The joy was tainted with sadness though as we found out on Sunday night that a gentleman that came to church with his stepson on "Super Bowl Sunday" of 2004 and got saved, was getting ready for church, after having invited his neighbors, and fell dead of a heart attack. It was good to know that he had accepted the Lord as his Savior.

It is so good to be a part of a thriving church!

Rightly Dividing

The following excerpt was copied from "Rightly Dividing The Word" by Dr. Clarence Larkin. I thought it was very descriptive. I don't know about you but the older I get the more I fight my sin nature. I thought it was going to get easier but I guess not. When we have youth on our side, we have health and physical abilities and a mind free from some of the entanglements of soured relationships. Thank goodness my relationship with Jesus is not based on feelings! I thought these two paragraphs were very descriptive and certainly made me to understand that EVEN MY HEART is deceitfully wicked!!! I made "even my heart" bold because the light of God's word always points out my pride and arrogance in thinking that I may be more than I really am! Lord, please forgive me!!!


"What does the Bible say about the human heart? Listen. "The heart is
deceitful above all things and desperately wicked: who can know it."
Jer 17:9. One day Jesus dissected the human heart for the benefit of His
Disciples. Read what He said-- "For from within, out of the heart of men,
proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts,
covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye,
blasphemy, pride, foolishness." Mr 7:21-22. Here are 13 specifications
that outline the character of the human heart; can any one read them and
say, "That does not describe my heart?"
In fruit there is a tendency to rot and decay, and unless preserved it will
soon perish. So it is with the "root principle" of sin in the human heart.
Out of Christ there is no difference between men. Take a man honest,
honorable, truthful, upright, benevolent; take a woman pure, chaste,
amiable, gentle, meek, the embodiment of all loveliness: take some
sweet girl, pure as a lily, the light of the household, a living joy: take a
little child, innocent, the heaven-sent prattler of the fireside, and as
unspotted as the new fallen snow; and what is the difference between any
of these and the lost spirits, the sin-saturated souls hating and bated,
cursing and cursed, blaspheming and damned that writhe in Hell? It is
simply the difference between meal into which the leaven has been
placed, and meal in which the leaven has done its work. It is simply a
difference as to time and development. The batch of meal that has been
leavened cannot take the leaven out of itself, neither can it prevent the
leaven front doing its work. Its final state is only a question of Time. If
men and women go into the other world without having the leaven of sin
eradicated by the "BLOOD OF JESUS," the leaven of sin will continue to
work on down the Eternal Ages, and they will grow worse and worse as
eternity rolls on, until they shall become as bad as the demons in Hell.
The leper was just as truly a leper the moment the first taint of leprosy
entered his system, as he was when he sat a loathsome creature outside
the city walls and cried "Unclean! Unclean!" "

High Seats!

Well, yesterday we got one of the new busses! These new busses will seat 70. That means that the seats are a little wider and consequently the aisle is a little narrower. This means that we MUST get everyone to sit down and stay seated in order to get people on in an organized manner. We do have a little trouble with that. I need prayer to help me get some more cooperation in that area. The only other problem I saw was the tall seats! That makes it very hard to get everyone's attention. Even the older kids are hidden behind those seats. "Lord, you have the answer!"
Our total yesterday was 53! We had 2 first time visitors. One was an adult that has been to church before but never ridden the bus. I hope to encourage him to keep coming. The other was an 8th grade girl that may start riding regularly. I saw a lot of potential in that one. She told me that she had gotten saved as a young child and baptized but had gone through a stage when she was a real bad girl. Now, she is trying to be better. Lord, help me minister here. Help me show her how to grow up and be free from her guilt of past sins and open to Your word.

One of the most touching moments on the bus was when I was talking with little Steven. He is in the second grade. He lives with his mother and her older boyfriend. I have such problems hearing on the bus but in the course of the conversation, Steven shared that his real dad left him. I couldn't help but see the hurt in those little eyes. I have no doubt that if no one else had been around that little one would have broken down in tears. I try to think why a man with any character whatsoever would leave his child and never even try to see him again. I did question Steven as to when he had seen his father and he couldn't think. I am not sure that he even knows his father. Clearly, he felt abandoned and hurt. Lord, how can I lead this child to see You as his Heavenly Father? You know our physical and emotional needs and You are not unaware of hurts involved with broken relationships. I ask You to help me minister to that little one in a special way!"

Ashley, a fifth grader, was baptized yesterday! She is very faithful and needs no special encouragement to do the right thing. Praise the Lord for that kind!

Ciara, once again, came forward for salvation. If you remember, she and her mother were baptized on the same day several months ago. Mom, got saved in January of 2005, didn't get baptized until almost a year later, has not been back to church since and is living in open sin. Ciara needs a lot of attention. Perhaps, she knew that she was saved and only came forward because she had guilt and didn't know what to do with it. Maybe the junior church workers assumed she came to be saved. Once again, Lord, I am at a loss!

We missed the Himes yesterday, as Bro. Himes preached in Georgia yesterday and is going to Kentucky, I think, to hold a revival this week. We enjoyed a couple of good sermons by Bro. Bookout and Bro. Garber; and some testimonies by four of the teens who went to the Youth Congress. God has blessed us mightily!

Philippians 4:4

"Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice."

Joyful, Joyful, We adore Thee

Funny!! I spent a little time last night while I was trying to go to sleep, thinking of what to name this post. There were many thoughts but nothing seemed right. This morning it was so plain! Joy after the valley is so real and it is all because of the adoration we can give to our Savior.

What is my reason for being in the bus ministry? Sometimes I feel I need to make that plain to myself. When examining my motives, I realize that I feel this is the best way I can be used in God's service. Over and over again, I have been able to see more clearly what God was doing in our congregation because of the outside exposure to the problems of our community.

God has proven to me again and again that it is not because of MY abilities that He can use me. It is ONLY because I yield what He has already given me to be used in His service. Therefore, if things are going well....then Glory to God!!! If things are not going well.....then Glory to God anyway!!! All I can do is go! That was my command. That represents freedom in God's work. I don't need to have men to commend me for what HE is doing. I don't want to do what I do JUST to get the applause of men. In fact, I have proven to myself that I am such a proud person if people continue to applaud my efforts. I soon begin to think that God's work was actually my own. Then, when in that line of reasoning, people can hurt my feelings when they decide not to ride the bus anymore! I begin to think that they don't like me!! HOW SILLY!!! WHO CARES!!! I am trying to lead them to the only Person Who will never fail them and yet am I wanting them to trust my sinful flesh????

I don't always have the right answers! Actually I can say that I NEVER have the right answers. AND...thank the Lord He didn't ask ME to have the right answers! When Moses argued with God about his commission to lead the Israelites out of bondage, he argued that he couldn't speak. But God said "GO....and I will put words in your mouth." Just so, I feel that my responsibility is to keep myself pure and unspotted before the world, feed myself with God's word, exercise myself towards godliness and give myself to prayer. With that preparation, I can boldly follow Him to do His work.

I understand that if I wanted to, I could quit the bus ministry tomorrow and God's work would NOT be hampered!! I am only a vessel and the work He wants done could be done by Balaam's ass! BUT would I WANT to do that and miss out on all the blessings of seeing Him work! NOOOOOOOOOOO! I don't know what tomorrow holds but I do know that I want to continue to work for the Lord until He takes me home!

Philippians 4:13
"I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me."

People Pleasing

I have always been a "people-pleaser"! Part of it, I'm sure, has to do with the spiritual gift of "helps". BUT, you can become out of balance on that.

There comes a time in life when you must realize that unless you are pleasing the right person, you take a chance of becoming very irritable.

When I think back about the many things that I have done to go beyond what is common to help others, I wonder how much of that will truly come through being "tried by fire"! I always thought that I had the right motives BUT now that I am faced with many more years of trying to please someone who can rarely be pleased, I find that my irritation brings to light that I must have a wrong motive.

I have a choice! I can decide to quit trying to do right because this person deserves it!!! OR, I can do all to the glory of God and not only help this person in spite of themselves but please God!!!!

There are SO MANY opportunities for that these days!!!!

I John 3:20-24

For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.

Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.

And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.

And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.

And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spiriti which he hath given us.

Problem Solving

What a backache I have!!! We spent the night in the basement. Grandma's couch and king size bed is down there so we decided to(at her request) put her on the couch and we took the big bed. There is no bathroom down there so I set up the bed pan in a chair with arms on it so that she could use it if necessary.

Mike was up watching TV until the wee hours of the morning. There was so much bad weather all around us that we felt it would be prohibitive not to have Grandma already in the basement just in case.

We survived with no damage to anything in our local area. Thank you, Lord. I understand that has not been the case for everyone and 9 people have lost their lives during this storm. Don't quote me on that. I was quoting Grandma who watches the TV non stop so she should know.

This morning we have a beautiful, sunshiny day. It feels very fresh and clean out there. Hopefully this will be a day to accomplish great things.

This is the day that the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it!

Stormy Weekend

It has been quite a weekend. Weather has been bad, even experiencing tornados in the Festus area that took a few houses very close to the Odoms. Bro. Odom drives my bus so that took him out for today.

Bro. Primo does a fine job of filling in when Bro. Odom is out and on top of that I had Rebecca Sobie and Spencer, her soon to be husband(June 2) to help me in the afternoon.

We had 35 on the bus with 4 first time visitors. Three of the visitors were children that I have contacted before and I think will continue to come. The other little girl came with a friend but lives in Hillsboro.

The weekend was highlighted by the Youth Congress. Bro. Scott Pauley, youth pastor at Temple Baptist in Knoxville spoke and he was VERY good.

I was able to bring two of the teen girls from my route to both the Friday and Saturday services and I believe that those services will make a difference in their lives.

Bro. Pauley spoke on Friday night from I John 2:12-14. Those verses have always seemed like a break from the chain of thought and I just couldn't put them in perspective with the rest of the chapter. He explained that every person in the meeting was at some point in their spiritual life.

I was going to try to explain the sermon but it would be too long here. He challenged them to move from being a baby christian that is in the family but is not teachable yet, to the stage of yielding their life to be open to whatever God wants to do in their life, to staying in God's Word and being able to fight Satan, to being a father and reproducing spiritually.

I questioned my girls on the way to church Saturday morning. One definitely knew where she was and would like to move on to the next stage. She put herself in the exact place I would have put her. The other one is more reserved in her assesment, not being comfortable to say that she probably was still back at the beginning. I was excited as I got her home that she said, "Mrs. Cozart, I have a problem." I was very glad to have her express her problem to me as that represents that she has been listening. Her problem was that she could not understand God's Word. OH THANK YOU LORD!!!! I could take her to James 1:5, the verse that God led me too when in college and not very mature spiritually, I was asked to do a devotion. I was at a loss, I didn't understand God's word that well, and yet, there it was in black and white. Not only did it say that if I lacked wisdom I could ask God and He would give it to me BUT He would not upbraid me. I had no idea what that meant. I got out a dictionary and found that it meant He would not condemn me nor make fun of me for asking questions and not understanding. It was wonderful to explain to this one that she, too, could expect that when she read God's Word, she could ask Him and He would help her understand more and more of those precious words.

I could not help but laugh when she told me that sometimes she really doesn't like it when her friends come to church on the bus because they want to laugh and talk during church!!!!!!!!She has been riding the bus with us now for 5 years. I could not even think of another child that has cut up in church more than she has. What a blessing to see her growing up!!

I taught Sunday School for many years and loved it but the bus ministry has a wonderful plus in that you are able to continue to be an influence as these children grow. It is hard for me to believe that some of these children that have been riding with me for 5 years are about to get their license.

Church was wonderful today! Bro. Himes was able to baptize five adults. One young couple was saved on Thursday night, products of the bus ministry. The young man that was saved last week was baptized this morning and two of the veterans were baptized.

The church voted and made enough donations to replace several of our worn out busses this next week. Bus 5 is supposed to get a replacement and we are very excited.


It looks as if we have a wild weather forecast for the night so we need to pray that if we have problems with tornados, we can get Grandma into the basement quick enough.

Psalm 147:11 The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.

Brain Freeze

My brain is not big enough to hold all that is in this book I am trying to read. I am working on the Theological section of the counselors exam and I am finding that I am not very smart. It is very discouraging in one aspect but on the other hand, I am determined that I will continue with this study. Whether I ever become a counselor, it is sure that studying to show myself approved is a right thing to do.

I have learned so much, or rather, I should say, I have READ so much. Whether I have understood or committed it to memory is another question. Here is the question I need to be working on right now:


Many Christians today speak of continuing revelation. Relate this concept to inspiration and sufficiency of the Scripture.

I had to look up what they were even talking about!! We definitely do not believe that God speaks to us today as do the charismatics who believe in speaking in tongues and having someone else interpret.

I know, in my heart, what I believe but how to put it in words is very hard....I have much studying to do!

James 1:5
If any of you lack wisdom, let him
ask of God, that giveth to all men
liberally, and upbraideth not; and it
shall be given him.

Music

Such an issue! I can remember when music was one of the most important things in my life. I have loved to sing and play the piano since I was a small child. God gave me many opportunities to use my voice as my dad began his ministry. I was in the third grade when my dad took his first church. By the time we arrived in Columbia, Tennessee, I had been saved for three years and had been exposed to some of the best music in the world, having gone to Castleberry Baptist Church, in Fort Worth, Texas, where "Little David" Cavin had led the choir, and High Street Baptist Church in Springfield, MO, where Bro. Earl Smith had faithfully sung and led the choir.

I can remember at Castleberry, when I was very young and they were still in the old building, a few songs, such as; "Verily, Verily" and "Whosoever, Surely Meaneth Me"(which I misinterpreted as, "Shirley meaneth me"). When we came back to Castleberry for BBF National Fellowship meetings,and they were in their new, much larger auditorium, I remember "Wonderful Grace of Jesus", Jimmye and Wilma Boyd's many organ and piano duets(some of which I couldn't wait to get home to pick out on the piano, Wilma playing the xylophone, the lady that sat on the front row of the choir and had the most beautiful smile on her face as she sang, the song "Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow", "Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing" and "How Firm A Foundation", and "Little David's" rendition of "Roll, Jordan, Roll", as the choir backed him up.

At High Street, I was able to learn a lot of other songs, as my dad went to Baptist Bible College. Then again, while I was attending BBC, was able to sing in that choir myself and also sing in an accapella trio that sang several times in church.

I have many fond memories of the duets that my brother, Bobby, and I sang for church. We spent many hours singing and doing dishes with the old "All American Hymnal" propped in the window. I can remember singing with Susie, Judi and Eddie as they were growing up. We never were able to sing together in church at that time because there was quite a difference in our ages. When I married they were 9, 7, and 5.

Music was what brought Mike and I together. He completely won me over because he could play the piano in ANY key. I played by ear and could only do that in a very few keys. He was able to transpose any song into a lower key so I could sing solos. The first Sunday after we got married I sang in his dad's little church. That was probably my first solo and for the past thirty years, we have participated in the music program of almost every church service that we have been in.

That was quite an introduction and one that I had not anticipated. It brought back so many pleasant memories and filled my eyes with tears as I remembered the joy I have received from music.

I wanted to write this entry about music because I was able to listen to a tape of Bro. Lonnie Moore, who spoke at our Bible Conference recently. He spoke to the TCCA students and others in a morning service that we were unable to attend, on the subject of "Music and the Bible". I have never heard some of the things he said.

Do you know how it is when you hear something and your spirit confirms and gives you peace that it is truth? That was the way this tape affected me. I need to relisten to the tape to really completely consume all that he said. One thing that stood out to me was when he asked the question, "Did God create music?" He believes that music is an attribute of God and used a verse that mentions God singing.

Zep 3:17 (KJV) The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

I had never thought of God singing! Can you even imagine what it will be to hear that?

I have often thought about how much I enjoy music and how heaven will be FILLED with music.

Another point he made was that we were created in His image, which means we were made musical beings because we are like Him. We were created to bring honor and glory to Him. If we were made musical beings to bring honor and glory to God, then, I think you can make the analysis that music that doesn't bring honor to God is going to bring honor somewhere else, for example; flesh or Satan.

It is quite a deep subject. I would suggest that if you are interested in hearing what he had to say, you might go to www.2ndbaptistchurch.com and order the tape of Lonnie Moore on "Music and the Bible". It was the 2/22/06 AM service. I believe the cassette tapes are $3 a piece.

Ps 119:105 (KJV) "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path."

What to say about today??

There is so much that has happened in the past week and also in this particular day.

The week found us taking Grandma to St. Lukes Hospital where she had a two day stay to regulate her blood pressure. I don't think she is happy still with her health and I have heard that we may be in for more doctor visits this week.

Maleah came over Thursday night and we enjoyed her visit except for the fact that I was so tired that I basically used her as a shoulder to rest on.....I guess that is ok to do occasionally.

Saturday I enjoyed my bus visitation. I was able to meet several little boys between the ages of 10-7 at one neighborhood I visit in. The parents said they might be able to go next week so I am looking forward to having new ones on the bus.

I picked up Erica and took her with me on visitation in the afternoon and enjoyed our time of talking. She is a sweetheart and I hope to see big things from her.
She has been riding the bus for 4-5 years and is 13 now. She is very faithful and I believe she really wants to do something in her spiritual life though I remember well when she first started riding and I have watched her mature in both body and actions.

Bus 5 was the #1 bus again today with 36 regular riders and 1 first time visitor. The visitor came with a girl that was a first time visitor less than two months ago. She doesn't live in our area but possibly she could be encouraged to ride another bus.

We had a great time on the bus. I think I must have sung 50 songs. A couple of the girls were sitting on the front with me and I was challenging them to see if they knew all the songs I sang. Then I went to the back of the bus this time, which seemed to work out very well since the teens were back there. I love to hear them sing like they really mean it. Actually, I doubt that most of them know what they are singing. They just like to sing. But, I remember that as a child, I learned thousands of songs that I had no idea of the meaning but years later as I matured and thought them through, they were a real comfort to my heart.

When we got to church, everyone disbursed to their classes except Megan. She is 7 years old and has come several times. She comes to visit her father every other week and sometimes comes with Shawna when she is there. She had a "stomach ache" and was very whiny. She was afraid she was going to get sick. Apparently she had been sick with strep throat several weeks before and she was afraid she was going to be sick again. She had already explained to me that she didn't have time to eat any breakfast and that Shawna had given her a Jolly Rancher. I told her it was probably her tummy telling her that it didn't want to eat Jolly Ranchers for breakfast! I prayed with her and she agreed she would go to her class but before I could even get out of the hall the secretary in her class came and told me that she was not happy. So, I went and got Mike and let him know what was happening. We left for the 20 minute trip to take her home. All the way, I was talking to her and getting her to tell me about all her fears. I told her that she could certainly learn to say "What time I am afraid, I will trust in Thee."

We were almost home when she informed me that her stomach was feeling better and she would like to go back to church. I asked her what she thought had helped and she said she guessed me telling her that Jesus heard everything and knew about it and loved her. So with that, I got off the highway, rejoined the opposite side of the highway to return to church, explaining that we could not do this again, even if her stomach hurt again.

She understood and went straight to her Junior church which was just assembling. I had missed choir practice so got my folder and lined up as if I had been at practice.

The song service was good. I always enjoy the instruments that the TCCA kids play with our song service. The choir special turned out well. The Himes Family sang a song Lisa wrote, "Is There Not A Cause?" It was very good. Bro. Himes preached a good sermon on Luke 15 which he entitled "The Prodigality of God". I had never heard that word but he explained that "prodigal' meant a person who spends and gives greatly. I don't think those were his words, but that was the essence of it. He preached a good sermon explaining how much God loves us.

We were excited to see Donna come forward. Mrs. P. told me about her a few weeks ago. Her husband grew up in our church but had gotten away from the Lord and for years had driven a truck. His wife was a good person but had never been a church goer. When we had our Veterans Day service and fed the Veterans, Mrs. P. invited them to the service. They liked it and have been coming ever since. She had asked that we pray for Donna to understand the Gospel and to receive Jesus. Praise the Lord, that prayer was answered today. She was baptized also. We also had two other gentlemen that accepted Jesus, but not only that......guess who else came through the door from Junior church to be presented as having accepted Jesus.......YOU GUESSED IT!!!!! Megan! Now just what if I had insisted that she learn her lesson and had taken her home even though she was feeling better. She told me on the bus that her stomach was still hurting ever so often but "Oh, Well!!!". She knows that she has Jesus with her all the time now and she was completely satisfied.

Chris and Ashley were also brought in from Junior Church to be presented to the church. I was able to talk to Chris about baptism. They had all watched Donna be baptized. He was a bit concerned that he takes a deep breath just as he goes under water. I reminded him that he could hold his nose. He was going to check with his mom.

Satan was at work mightily today in so many areas but (Praise the Lord!!) we put out a few fires!

Thank you Lord for allowing me to work for You!